HBO is a great network with an impressive slate of shows, but one of the things we really love is their willingness to provide tantalizing information about what’s ahead.

“Game of Thrones” Season 3 premieres March 31, 2013, and HBO is already rolling out some tidbits. The video below takes a look inside the sprawling production, including interviews with the cast and crew.

Lena Heady and Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones

As with seasons one and two, the video confirms breathtaking backdrops that include Ireland, Iceland, and Morocco. Also this:

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) looks to be in the market for the slave soldiers known as the Unsullied.

Look for new characters who longtime fans of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels. Notable, Ciarán Hinds (“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”) as Mance Rayder, the fearsome King Beyond the Wall.

When not playing Settlers of Catan with his buddies, Cameron West loves watching Family Guy, Archer and Dual Survival, and has a special fondness for all things Walter Bishop. He’s also a big fan of movies directed by Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick and Clint Eastwood.